But inexplicable noises in the same hotel that spooked Jeff Ayres and Tim Duncan on their recent stay in California just might be among them. Udoka said he had no idea about their experience, or the history of the allegedly-haunted Claremont Resort, until reading about it several days later.

“I never would have thought anything of it until I read that article,” he said. “Same thing. Same sounds. Kids in the hallway. I didn’t know any of the details of it until I read (about Ayres and Duncan). I remember hearing (voices) and looking out the peep hole and nobody’s out there. So it kind of creeped me out when I thought about it afterwards. I didn’t know any of the stories, nothing. I just remember hearing it.

“It wasn’t exactly above me, stomping like the typical sound you here with somebody (in the room) above you. It was kind of in the walls. It was weird. Little clicks and sounds all day, the middle of the day. But the baby in the hallway, or a child. That’s what I remember specifically. I’m not superstitious. I haven’t really had any experience like that. For me, to even acknowledge that is (weak).

“I’m not the type of guy to say any BS. But I remember it. It’s creepy now. I don’t want to stay there any more with all these stories.”

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, of course, said he had no trouble during his stay.

“Ghosts are scared of me, like everybody else,” he said. “Luckily, nobody said anything to me until we left. I would have hid under my bed probably.”